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Riders of Destiny

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Loner government agent Singin' Sandy Saunders (John Wayne) witnesses what seems to be a stagecoach robbery, committed by young Fay Denton (Cecelia Parker). But Fay is actually just trying to get her hands back on her own money in order to keep it from thieving stooges Bert (Al "Fuzzy" St. John) and Elmer (Heinie Conklin) and their boss, local land grabber James Kincaid (Forrest Taylor). Saunders then teams up with Kay to fight off the gang and derail the criminal plots of the greedy Kincaid.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Looks glossy for a production that was only budgeted for $10,000. Rated: C+ Oct 11, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member What a bad movie. Although it's a John Wayne colorized oldie the acting is terrible. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/09/18 Full Review Audience Member A singing cowboy who's also a government agents heads out west to foil a plot to steal everyone's water. Other than the shock of seeing John Wayne lip sync to a few western recordings clearly sung by someone else, this is all by-the-numbers with little action. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The story was okay John Wayne's screen presence was the main highlight of the film for me. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Decent little John Wayne "B" western which is better than some of his "A" westerns!!!!!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member John Wayne as a singing cowboy is so implausible that one can't even watch the really bad lip synch with someone else's voice. the plot was predictable--water rights in the West. However, it WAS a John Wayne movie. Quotable quote: "He went that way -> " Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member One of and endless series of John Wayne "B" westerns he made in the 1930's. This one is a little better than most, still, nothing special at all in any way. Poorly acted. John Wayne's acting did improve in time, but he was never a great actor, Oscar or no Oscar. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Robert N. Bradbury

Director

John Wayne

Singin' Sandy Saunders

Cecilia Parker

Fay Denton

George "Gabby" Hayes

Charlie Denton

Forrest Taylor

James Kincaid

Al St. John

Henchman Bert
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Synopsis Loner government agent Singin' Sandy Saunders (John Wayne) witnesses what seems to be a stagecoach robbery, committed by young Fay Denton (Cecelia Parker). But Fay is actually just trying to get her hands back on her own money in order to keep it from thieving stooges Bert (Al "Fuzzy" St. John) and Elmer (Heinie Conklin) and their boss, local land grabber James Kincaid (Forrest Taylor). Saunders then teams up with Kay to fight off the gang and derail the criminal plots of the greedy Kincaid.
Director
Robert N. Bradbury
Producer
Paul Malvern
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 10, 1933, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 26, 2016
Runtime
56m
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